This abstract class defines a factory API for creating server socket objects. Use the static getdefault( ) method to obtain a default ServerSocketFactory object that is suitable for creating regular java.net.ServerSocket sockets. Once you have a ServerSocketFactory object, call one of the createServerSocket( ) methods to create a new socket and optionally bind it to a local port and specify the allowed backlog of queued connections. See javax.net.ssl.SSLServerSocketFactory for a socket factory that can create secure javax.net.ssl.SSLServerSocket objects.

public abstract class ServerSocketFactory {
// Protected Constructors
     protected ServerSocketFactory( );  
// Public Class Methods
     public static ServerSocketFactory getDefault( );  
// Public Instance Methods
     public java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket( ) throws java.io.IOException;  
     public abstract java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port) 
        throws java.io.IOException;  
     public abstract java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port, 
        int backlog) throws java.io.IOException;  
     public abstract java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port, 
        int backlog, java.net.InetAddress ifAddress) throws java.io.IOException;  
}

Subclasses

javax.net.ssl.SSLServerSocketFactory

Returned By

javax.net.ssl.SSLServerSocketFactory.getDefault( )